Rudi Schippel

Ant Street (1995)

Set within a Viennese apartment block, this affectionate Austrian comedy makes fun of the strange habits of the famed city's residents. The building is located in a middle-class area and has residents from many age groups and walks of life. Many of the ten ...

Patient aus Leidenschaft (1992)

A man wants to return to hospital at all costs. ...

Sterben werd' ich, um zu leben - Gustav Mahler (1987)

Director Wolfgang Lesowsky's captivating biopic of the Gustav Mahler stars Reinhard Hauser as the passionate conductor-composer whose drive for greatness and love of music were rivaled only by his insatiable desire for beautiful women. Through biographical ...

Malambo (1985)

Chris, a young man from the country, dreams of a big career as an escape-artist. He wants to become famous like his idol, Harry Houdini. He meets Mischa, an expert in the art of living, who feels himself called upon to support Chris in attaining fame and a ...

The Inheritors (1983)

A neo-Nazi organization is recruiting in the 1980s, and two youths of high-school age join for similar reasons, despite class differences. Thomas is the son of a self-made industrialist father and a scolding social-climbing mother. He attends private schoo ...

Das gläserne Wappen (1983)

Der Gute (1980)

Die blinde Eule (1979)

An author searches for cues about the life of a girl confined in a community home before her suicide. While trying to put together a literary piece he increasingly becomes aware of the insignificance of his own creative work. He has no insight in any world ...

Abendlicht (1977)

Fehlschuss (1977)

The son of a family of immigrants dreams of becoming a great soccer star and does everything in his power to make it big. He joins the provincial team, but soon realizes that true success can only be found in the city. So he leaves his hometown and heads t ...

Emergency Exit (1976)

In beautiful pictures and few words, the longing of two outsiders for a different, better life is told. ...

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1975)

Goalkeeper Josef Bloch is sent off after committing a foul during an away game. This causes him to lose his bearings, and he wanders aimlessly through the city streets and spends the night with the box-office attendant of a movie theatre. ...

Traumnovelle (1969)

After a frank confession by his wife, a doctor is called to see a dying patient. The cause of the night brings him to meet an old friend, a pianist, who tells him of a mysterious ball where he is due to perform. Based on the book "Traumnovelle" ("Rhapsody: ...

Die Eintagsfliege (1969)

Leinen aus Irland (1965)

Torment of the Flesh (1965)

A man kills women because he was not loved by his mother and in his puberty he was dismissed by girls as sexually unattractive. And whenever he meets women now, he just cannot control himself. ...

The Punch Bowl (1944)

Writer Johannes Pfeiffer who goes undercover as a student in a high school after his friends told him that he missed out on a great life experience since he was home schooled. ...